© Dorr-Oliver Eimco Thickeners & Clarifiers 2¢ DORR-OLIVER EIMCO ateSedimentation Produc Dore-Oliver Eimco brings extensive experience to your process needs and can help eternine the most cost-effective mechanism for your appli \ithout compromising quality ot \lependability. Comect thickener and clarifier yizing will assure st margin of safety for process upsets and allow greatest operational flexibility. Our equipment sizing and selection, We will work with you ined sales engineers are realy to help you with to address your specific process challenges that allect your thickener and clarifier selection, This will inchide determining settling rates, detention times requited for clarification, and the unit are and solids-retemtion red for thickening. will provide you with general information time req This broehu about oar products to help you better understand the opt sind clarification process needs \s that are avai able for your thickei Bridge-Supported Thickeners Page 3 Columu-Supported Thickeners Page 3 High-Capacity Phiekeners Page 3 eedwell Dilution Systems Page 3 Traction Thickeners Page 4 Caisson Thickeners Page d CableTorg: Thickeners Pased Deep Cone’ Paste Thickeners Page 5 PPSM Thickeners E-Cat Clarifier!Thickeners Clarifiers Reuctor Clarifiers” DettarStak Clarifiers Page 6 Sedimentation Drives Page 7 Capabilities Back Cover Pron Coser Phe Te $f mings Vhe cen hn Noth nenaExperience Leading Technology Britige-Supported Thickeners Don-Oliver Eimco bridge-supported Unekonens are beam. or truss-supported units that can be wsed with light, medium, or heavy-duty applications with Gvameters of up to 178 feet (54 m). In this design, the dive is supported by the bridge und drives the rakes with a center shaft. Underflow is removed from adischange cone at the bottom-center of the thickener. Tankecan be in-ground, on-ground, or elevated. Available Bing devices offer additional Nexibilty of operation, TiS phatiooeter He Dosis Sledge Tobey i th lores se bridge sypore wnt with cerer sha, pode hess mel Iyide sad ‘High-Capacity Thickeners High-capacity machines start with « choice of pa E-Duc*, DynaPloe” or Dynacharge feed dilution sys to maximize flocculation effictency, setf-ilution and settling nites, High-natethickenersae designed to provide roughly 12 + the throughput of conventional inachines of similar size This assve Sm higheatetbicener handles SO% move sods than surton gonortion high-rate chines ot the sme se © Maximum capacity © Improved control © Increased underflow density © Lower floceulant dose © Better slimes management One ote 123 canter aig wicker eae wh ke ifs at ‘copper sin in Chie ‘Column-Supported Thickeners Dor Oliver ers ae Sup ported by a stalionary center colunt of steel ar concrete. ‘The center coluran supports the drive and rake mecha- imco column-nounted thie nism, while the truss extending from the eenter pier to the tank periphery supports the walkway, posser lines andl feed launder These units are suitable for basins aad raking arms with dizmeters of up to 600 feet (180m) The Duct fet sion sptem hates igh macnise hugh °‘Traction Thickeners ‘Traction thickeners have a stationary 4 partially supports the rake mechanism and serves ass pivot about whieh the rakes rotate, The rakes are pow= ered by one or two drive units that ran steel traetion wheels round a steel rail a the periphery of the tank, ‘The units are normally installed in conerete anks and are available in diameters up to 650 feet. Under the er pier. which proper climatic conditions traction tickeners area very ni, economical design Thi oases rection thicker i Ausnaia devel milion fle orgne CabieTorg” Thickeners, Dor-Oliver Enmeo CableTorq” thickeners utitiee cables to provide the mechanical link betw nthe drive and the These thickeners are recommended for high ke arms, conditions, acid service, and tacky or thixotropi Large nstiaon of Spethickeowrs Bar CCD washing Jncopoer teaching pat Caisson Thickeners Caisson designs ave colun-mounted thickeners with an enlarged center pier to provide aceess 10 a center column control and purnping station, as well as Suppor the rake assembly, This eliminates the need for ay underflow tunnel since the underflow is pumped up through the caisson, Dore-Oliver Bimico’s trained personnel cat through the available alternatives and help you select u thicke er for your process fin oe terest repional office and contaet information comPaste Thickeners and E-Cat’ Deep Cone Paste Faience oSundersnoand tongs disposal rains dense ste Predcton Shae Manage Four (1) 1m &-Cat Claiier Thickenersata CCD ‘ent South Arner Deep-Cone "Paste and PPSM Thickeners — Uitinate Underflow Solids Concentrations Deep-Cone Paste Thickeners produce unertlows concentrated to near thes imit of pumpubilty. Theit deep tank design ‘ produces uniform, non-segregating, paste consistency aximizes pulp concentrati ‘underflow shurry ‘The Paste Production Storage Mechanisin (PPSM) ix unique device and provess designed 10 “lash thicken’ solids to pavte comsistetiey. The pavte viseosity is, controlled t© permit stora Paste thiekeners maxim) fe the effiereney ol hu applications sul © Diy stacking of tailings © Underground paste backfill © Counter-cusrent decantation (CCD) © Autoclave leach feed © Maximum water and chemical recovery © Increase downstream process efficiency Cat” Uitra-High Rate Clarifier and Thickener This rakeless design uses navel technology 16 complish both cfayifeution and thick unc with minimal area The design advan © Loweapital cont ‘compared to conventional thickeners © Low maintenance costs «due to no moving parts © Much smallerarea require compared to ‘conventional thickeners © Low operating costs, low flocculant consumption © Counter-curent decantation (CCD) law stern onde an ECan lanier thickenerOlive! amneo bas plications and flows, When clarity is important, Der designs to handle a variety 0 Available clarifier feature: clude: © Surface skimmers © Froth batnes © Stamford baffles © Low-shear turbines © btemal orexternal solids recirculation © Paddle flocculators: © Various feed pipe arrangements © Custom instrumenvation control packages Fecdivell altematives include energy dissipating, hydrate, acimechanical flocculation and solids-contact reaction wells. fluent Iaumder cunfigurations ean be designed for equalized flow disteibution and opsinnized hydraulic loading. Secon lariat a large wassewaUr teint port Reactor Ctarifier” Solids-Contact Unit Dorr-Oliver Eimeo Reactor Chacifiers provide uphunl flocculation, solids contact, an precipitation. Dual concentric rake und turbine drives pravide solids raking ‘along with low shear pamping and mixing Reaciwr-Claviier wed for surface water clarcaron Delta-Staic Clarifiers Don-Oliver Eimeo Delta-Stak Clarifiers cont simplicity of gravity settling with inelined plate sedimentation principles. The patented tesign duces space reyuinements aid costs while providiig operational simplicity snd high overfiow rates. Pieri a ‘floccmason, BB) cevipcarion Ba nt snctenins sinedtanecls performed ina ‘gle seedSedimentation Driv Orives and Lifts Dort-Ofiver Bimco hay extensive experience it gear des and manufueturing. combining leading nology with computerized parametric data to produce a complete line of application-engineered dhive heads. Torque ean be developed from 2.000 ft-lb to 6,000,000 ft-lb, enough to meet almost any process requirement, Drives are ava either electri le asi or hydraulic motors, Dore-Oliver Eineo maintains complete control over the ‘quality, materials and nranufacture ofits drive heads, ‘The superior desiga of the machines envares © High output torque © Maximum service lite © Support for the mechani, ‘mand its operating loads © Reliable overload protection © Allowance for litt eapabil Hesiranie Drives Principle Drive Types © Spur Gear Dri inountew operations ~ These units are manfactured with hes a sicel pinions, directly coupled (o efficiemt planetary rs for bridge or center column. treated, forged-sieel maitt spur gears. with alloy ar boxes; all mounted on precision heurings and ¢ enclosed in dusttight fabricated stee] housings tor oil-bath lubrication. © Worm Gear Drives tor smaller waits “These drives have high-yuatity alloy bronze main ges with Hardened steel worms mounted on peveision ball bearings snd ane enclosed! in dustlight Stee! using for oil-buth Lubrication, © Hydrostatic Bearing Drives have (9 basic pats. rater and stationary suppor pads. An oi int Supports nt only the vertical [oad, but also positions the rota Joad radially. This conf anee in the center of the deive allowin aon gives maxinnunn cles aceess 10 the calummn and underflow pumps. Wim Crear DriveFantechi spat tne fi In addition to providing # complete Lute ot process equipment, Dore Olives neo is your source for everything necessary toe feom inception to Flowsheet Capabiities Dom-Oliver bimeo engineers ean help you wath the vet the total needs of a project up and beyond, design of your total flowsheet, ing that all your at will work together for eptimal performance we of operation Tankage and Erection Dont Oliver Eimoo can take the stessuun uf eooraiatins _uninwlependent contractor who may tnt be Fama with all the details necessary to install yourrthiekener or clurifier. Our experienced tankage nd ereetion crews can save you money and stress by doing all your field ‘work and wei over lo You a \rouble-free machine, ‘Upgrades and Retrofits Sedimentation technology is constantly advancing. Let us show you how you can invorporate state-of-the. design improvements into your existing clit thie n ner, Many upgrades ean pay for themselve iatter of months and help increase capacity as well as improve performance. Service (Our stall of shitled mnechsntcal aul process eugineets cca ke vour Dorr-Ofiver Binieo equipment in top conuition and help you avoid costly unyelseduled interruptions. Dorr-Oliver E solieVliguid sepa nce is here w help you with ull your ion needs. Please call us to find out more about how Dorr-Oliver Eimeo technology ean improve your produelivity. 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